Tag: Mansfield Park

Join JASNA-NJ 11/18 at 2pm to Discuss Lover’s Vows and the Role of Theater in Mansfield Park

Join JASNA-NJ for a discussion of the play Lover’s Vows over Zoom on Saturday, November 18th at 2pm. You can register here. Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse by Sir Joshua Reynolds Lover’s Vows—the play that scandalized Mansfield Park—was a real play and very popular in Austen’s day. You can read it at Project Gutenberg here. The play was … Continue reading Join JASNA-NJ 11/18 at 2pm to Discuss Lover’s Vows and the Role of Theater in Mansfield Park →

Join JASNA-NJ Saturday, 10/21 at 2pm to discuss Belle: The True Story of Dido Belle by Paula Byrne

In October, JASNA-NJ will take a look at some events and people who may have helped inspire facets of Mansfield Park by hosting a discussion of Paula Byrne's biography of Dido Belle. Please join us over Zoom on October 21st at 2pm EDT to share your thoughts on Belle: The Slave Daughter and the Lord Chief Justice (also known as Belle: … Continue reading Join JASNA-NJ Saturday, 10/21 at 2pm to discuss Belle: The True Story of Dido Belle by Paula Byrne →

Flashback Friday – Pugs, Jane Austen, political conspiracy and mass murder

This post was originally posted on July 19, 2010Versailles and More's Catherine Delors shares, "Fans of Jane Austen will remember Lady Bertram in Mansfield Park sitting on her sofa with her pug by her side. “The next time Pug has a litter you shall have a puppy,” she tells her niece Fanny. Lady Bertram can … Continue reading Flashback Friday – Pugs, Jane Austen, political conspiracy and mass murder →

It’s Monday! What are you reading? Mansfield Park Revisited

Title: Mansfield Revisited Author: Joan AikenPublication Date: October 3, 2008Synopsis: In Aiken's sequel to Jane Austen's complex and fascinating novel, after heroine Fanny Price marries Edmund Bertram, they depart for the Caribbean, and Fanny's younger sister Susan moves to Mansfield Park as Lady Bertram's new companion. Surrounded by the familiar cast of characters from Jane Austen's original, and joined by … Continue reading It’s Monday! What are you reading? Mansfield Park Revisited →